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In the not-so-remote reaches of the Santa Monica Mountains, the scientists of the National Park Service are getting an unexpected and sometimes unnerving education in preserving the environment—and in protecting themselves. They’ve been forced to confront realities in the wild that could even make counting newts along a

stream a risky affair. Increasingly, park service researchers are sharing terrain with covert marijuana farmers who’ve exploited and wreaked alarming environmental damage on broad swaths of sensitive public lands as part of a multi-million-dollar trade possibly linked to Mexican cartels. With tightened security along the border, drug lords may have turned to the rugged mountains edging the L.A. basin for their cash crop. Just last month, a pot farm was raided in Topanga State Park, one of the region’s most popular hiking destinations. Law enforcement authorities recovered 5,000 pounds of mature plants, worth an estimated $2.5 million, and removed 500 pounds of trash, camping gear and farming infrastructure. But that bust wasn’t even the largest in a series of seizures that have made headlines during the past few years, including some in the hills above Malibu. Christy Brigham is no cop. But as chief of planning, science and resource management for the National Park Service in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, she and her colleagues have learned to spot potential dangers and react to them, even if that means revamping long-planned research projects. The damage is occurring across a number of fronts, Brigham explains, creating “a terrible ecological disruption” on lands that are supposed to be protected for public enjoyment and education. * * * But the most obvious environmental toll, Brigham says, comes from the growers themselves, who live at the sites and use the land as their trash can and toilet, which scientists believe could be one factor contributing to the high bacteria levels in the ocean at the mouth of Topanga Creek. “It’s just horrible,” Brigham says. “It’s like having a dump in the park, which is not really what we’re working toward.” She says the makeshift camps also represent a danger to hikers—and those on her staff—who like to wander off-trail along the streams. Her advice: when you see those irrigation hoses, “it’s time to leave.” Too often, Brigham says, news of big marijuana hauls on public lands seems to lead to a discussion about whether taxpayer money is being wasted by such law enforcement efforts. But she says there’s no arguing about the cost to the environment. “Regardless of how you feel about whether marijuana should be legalized, that debate is completely irrelevant to the environmental issue,” Brigham says. “You’ve devoted your tax dollars and your attention to these parks. They are not farms. This completely disrupts the ecology of the area. It’s terrible.” - Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky

A member of an interagency enforcement team patrols a marijuana plot in Encinal Canyon. Photo/NPS

Santa Susana Clean-up3 year Exposure Risk

Two urgent meetings have recently been held regarding the latest- released Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that evaluates potential environmental impacts of proposed

demolition and environmental cleanup activities of property administered by NASA at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL).

The transportation proposal for removing contaminated soil involves 142 truck trips per day for a three-year period. These trucks are expected to have vehicle weights of up to 80,000 pounds and will traverse some of the most high-traffic arteries in the area, including Topanga Canyon Boulevard, Roscoe Boulevard, Valley Circle Boulevard and Plummer Street. The proposed routes are shared by many schools in proximity to the site, and therefore proposed additional vehicle emission exposure risk to children who walk or bike to school.

The City of Los Angeles has proposed a $3 Billion infrastructure improvement project to repair 8,700 miles of failed streets within a ten-year period. Much of this damage to City streets has been caused by the very type of heavy vehicle traffic proposed for this clean-up. The wear and tear to City streets is expected to add to this deterioration and pushing the cost of that repair onto the City taxpayer is unacceptable.

While I have long advocated for the full clean-up of the site, I feel compelled to express my disappointment at the lack of consideration for other methods of soil and demolition debris removal from the site. I feel compelled to add that it is quite unbelievable that some other option for conveyance of the contaminated material from the site was not studied.

The traffic, environmental impacts and deterioration of City of Los Angeles infrastructure compel another look at alternatives – including some type of conveyance from the site directly to rail. I believe that most residents would prefer this option – even if it lengthens the time-period for the clean-up past the 2017 date.

Comment period on the NASA DEIS must be submitted on or before October 1, 2013, and may be submitted in writing to Allen Elliott, SSFL Program Director, NASA MSFC AS01, Building 4494, Huntsville, AL 35812 or via e-mail to [email protected].

-Mitchell Englander, Councilmember, Twelfth District

L.A. Observed

Disney Gets Approval for Santa Clarita

Production CenterBy Mark Lacter

But wait a second - hasn’t Mayor Garcetti declared a state of emergency because L.A. is losing its entertainment industry? Guess he forgot about construction of a major TV and movie

facility in the northwestern portion of the county that’s expected to add more than a half-million square feet of studio space, multiple sound stages, and a few thousand jobs. The Disney development, along with the recently approved makeover of Universal Studios, represent major show business investments right here in Southern California.

That would seem at odds with the long-running narrative that L.A. is in jeopardy of losing its hold on the entertainment business because other states are giving away millions in tax incentives in order to draw movies and TV shows. No doubt some location busi-ness has been lost, but the Hollywood infrastructure remains firm-ly entrenched in L.A. I must say, the new mayor sounds a bit silly with that emergency declaration business. Wait until a real emer-gency comes our way. The ill-effects of what’s come to be known as runaway production have been wildly exaggerated by local of-ficials trying to curry favor with below-the-line workers and - and now Garcetti is determined to lobby for more state incentives that California cannot afford. Sigh. From the Daily News:

Garcetti said he plans to press the case with Sacramento to provide more in the way of tax incentives and other easements to keep more productions in Los Angeles, a proposal he has been ad-vocating since his campaign for mayor this past year. “We’ve lost the blockbuster films. They don’t film here any more. Tax credits around the world and around the country have taken them away,” Garcetti said on the “Today Show.”

10th Grade LAUSD Exit ExamLos Angeles Unified School District 10th graders performed slightly better on the California High

School Exit Exam than the previous year’s class, with 78 percent passing the math portion and 77 percent passing the English section.The 2012-13 scores were an improvement over the previous 10th grade class, which had a 77 percent

pass rate for the math portion and 76 percent for English, according to the California Department of Education.

LAUSD officials said 69 percent of 10th graders who took the test passed both portions of the exam, the district’s highest rate ever.

“The district has been making excellent progress in preparing our 10th grade students to succeed on the CAHSEE exam and continue the path toward graduation,” Superintendent John Deasy said.

Across Los Angeles County, 83 percent of 10th graders passed the math portion of the test - up from 82 percent last year - while 82 percent passed the English section, up from 81 percent last year.

Statewide, 84 percent of 10th graders passed the math portion, while 83 percent passed English - the same as the previous year’s 10th graders.

All students in California must take the exit exam during their sophomore year. They have two more opportunities to pass it in the 11th grade and up to five chances as seniors.

The class of 2006 was the first graduating class in California that was required to meet the exit exam requirement.

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City WatchLos Angeles: Term Limits Have Produced an Inbred

City CouncilBy Ruth Galanter

Term limits at the State Legislature (1990) and at the City (1991) created a closed-system revolving door for politicians, and the creation of government-funded “grass-roots” neighborhood councils diverted local activists from citywide political aspirations to far more parochial interests.

Each of these required a popular vote, and proponents sold the measures to voters as “reforms” to bring government closer to the people. Most people still think that was the proponents’ intention. But let’s take a closer look at how and why these “reforms” came to be. The 1990 campaign for State legislative term limits, led by LA County Supervisor and former Assemblyman Pete Schabarum, a Republican, was primarily to knock Willie Brown, Democrat from San Francisco, out of the Assembly Speakership. Brown was impregnable in regular elections, but a statewide Good Government measure that would oh-so-coincidentally take Willie Brown out of Sacramento offered a tempting alternative. Proponents had no trouble painting the opposition as “just those people who want to stay in office forever.” The ballot measure passed. At the City of Los Angeles, the 1991 term limits campaign was bought and paid for by a local attorney, Richard Riordan. Riordan, who planned to run for mayor in 1993, was active in insider political circles but unknown to ordinary voters. Riordan bankrolled a city ballot initiative limiting all city elected officials to two four-year terms. He also starred in the radio commercials. Voters approved this “reform” measure too, and in the 1993 mayoral election, Riordan touted himself as “the man who brought you term limits.” * * * The impact of term limits hit City Hall with a wallop in 2001, when the first wave of officeholders (including Riordan) “termed out.” 2003 cleared out most of the rest of those with long-time local experience, and the revolving door has been spinning ever since. In 1987, council had 6 long-time veterans, 3 former holders of another elected office (all state legislature), 5 who had come from “outside,” and one who succeeded her boss. In 2013, no long-time veterans (thanks to term limits), 9 former holders of another elected office (8 in the state legislature and one at the School Board), 4 who succeeded their bosses, and two quasi-outsiders who are both former members of LAPD. In 1987, five members were female, in 2013 there will be one. If current trends continue, more denizens of Sacramento forced out of state office will capture three more seats in 2015, and the rest no later than 2025. What lures the Sacramento officeholders to run for office in Los Angeles? Opinions, and no doubt the individual cases, vary. Some termed-out legislators genuinely enjoy legislating and want to keep doing it. Some enjoy the power and the perks. Some have no other obvious way to make a living. There are other inducements too. City salaries are higher. And the City’s pension system allows city employees to buy in credit for time in other public employment, such as the military, or teaching school, or state employement. Part of Schabarum’s explicitly punitive term limits measure stripped state legislators of pensions. A former state legislator who buys city pension credit for his/her years in Sacramento and then serves 12 years as a city official will qualify for a particularly generous city pension. The ever-increasing pool of termed-out state legislators is not the only thing contributing to the monotony of council membership. The pool of potential challengers is concurrently shrinking. In 1999, another Riordan-sponsored city ballot initiative transferred much of the council’s power to the mayor. At a campaign forum, campaign spokesperson David Fleming was asked “what makes you think we’re going to vote for this?” Mr. Fleming was surprisingly candid in his response: “We’ve put into the proposition something we know you will like: neighborhood councils.” It worked. A majority of the 19 percent of registered voters who voted in 1999 adopted the charter change. Council staffers are currently the only viable competitors to those coming out of Sacramento. The staffers are already here, working all over the district they plan to represent. Generally staff members start their staff careers quite young. Many are fresh out of college or graduate school, some have been community activists associated with a particular issue, and a few have held other jobs. Should they succeed the boss, most will do so with career experience largely limited to working in a political office. The net result is a dramatic increase in in-breeding. Innovation, the ability to raise unconventional approaches to issues, the ability to understand how different groups of constituents think, all require diversifying the gene pool. We can keep some officials we’ve got, but we have to recognize that we also need thoughtful, knowledgeable, and constructive “outsiders” in public office and getting them means we have to recruit them, support their campaigns, and support them once they’re in.

(Ruth Galanter, an environmentalist and Los Angeles City Councilmember from 1987 to 2003, offers the following TPR exclusive article on the origins of term limits in Los Angeles and the effects they have had on the city’s present political culture. This piece was posted first at The Planning Report and is posted in CityWatch with permission from the author.)

CityWatch$6,000,000 BuysLA’s City Council

By Jack Humphreville

Over the last decade, campaign funding IBEW Union Bo$$ d’Arcy and his affiliates have “invested” over $6 million in the City’s political campaigns, including significant contributions in 2013 to Wendy Greuel and several

members of the City Council. The Bo$$ also helped to finance two ballot measures, both of which were rejected by the voters: Proposition A, the permanent half cent increase in our City’s sales tax, and the infamous 2009 Measure B, Mayor Villaraigosa’s Solar Plan that was a payback for previous campaign contributions. So it is not surprising that Herb Wesson was pushing the City Council to approve a new four year contract between our Department of Water and Power and the IBEW that was negotiated behind closed doors without any input or feedback from Ratepayers, Neighborhood Councils, or the Ratepayers Advocate. However, this deal was quickly derailed when The Los Angeles Times exposed that these backroom negotiations were being railroaded through the City Council and that Mayor Eric Garcetti was opposed to the new contract because it did not adequately address his campaign promises to reform the DWP’s compensation policies and its overly restrictive work rules that together cost Ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year. After a flurry of meetings to address the many criticisms involving sick pay, overtime, excessive salaries and benefits, overstaffing, and work rules, including a Monday night meeting of the Neighborhood Council Budget Advocates where Garcetti addressed an audience of upset Ratepayers, the City was able to achieve additional “concessions” from the IBEW. Under the new contract, DWP workers will defer a scheduled 2% cost of living adjustment on October 1, resulting in a cash savings in the first year of about $20 million plus a $4 million pension contribution. They will also defer another 2% to 4% bump at the end of the current contract in October of 2014. The Department will also establish a new pension tier for all new hires that will increase the retirement age, eliminate spiking, and require new employees to contribute 10% of their compensation to their pension and retiree health care. While the benefits are more generous than the new pension tier imposed on the City’s newly hired civilian workers, it is an improvement over the current plan that will save approximately $4 to $5 million in the first year. The DWP is also anticipating another $8 million in savings in the first year of the new contract by establishing 34 common job classifications with the City, reforming the sick day policy, and by reducing the contracting-out overtime premium. Overall, cash savings are estimated to be in the range of $35 million in the first year of the new contract. This savings offsets the $25 million a year burden that is being footed by the Ratepayers as a result of the City saddling the DWP pension plan with $200 million of unfunded pension liabilities associated with the dumping of 1,600 surplus employees on DWP by our cash strapped City. These cash savings are inconsistent with the City’s estimates of $456 million over the next four years and its $6.1 billion over the next 30 years. These differences in savings and the underlying assumptions need to be reconciled in an open and transparent manner. Areas to review would include the benchmarking of DWP’s excessive salaries, its Cadillac health care plans, and all of its operations. All such urgent matters MUST be conducted in an open and transparent manner to offset campaign funding Union Bo$$ d’Arcy’s political clout with Herb Wesson and the members of the City Council who have benefitted from the IBEW’s $6,000,000 investment in City Hall. Ratepayers elected Eric Garcetti. And now is the time that he needs our support as he begins to reform our Department of Water and Power and our City’s finances.

But Rates to RiseDWP Pay May

Return to EarthThe Los Angeles City Council instructed city staff to put the finishing touches

on a new agreement reached between the city and the union representing 92 percent of workers at the Department of Water and Power.The new labor pact would save the utility $6.1 billion over three decades

and help control rates for DWP’s electricity and water customers, according to projections by utility and city officials. DWP officials are contemplating rate increases for the next three years. The agreement would reduce those increases by about 2 percent, they say.

The agreement with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, a union that represents 8,200 DWP workers, also includes a settlement of a lawsuit between the city and members of the DWP pension system.

The council voted 14-0 to tell their chief labor negotiator and the city attorney to finalize the settlement agreement, the labor contract and the adjusted pension tier. The resulting documents will come back to the council and the Board of Water and Power Commissioners for another vote.

Once finalized, the deal still needs to be ratified by members of IBEW. If union members accept the deal, the DWP board, City Council and mayor must also sign off on it for it to go forward.

Under the agreement, a 2 percent cost-of-living raise scheduled for Oct. 1 would be postponed until 2016, which officials project would save the city $385 million over four years and $3.9 billion over 30 years. Some of those savings would be put toward paying employee healthcare premium costs, 100 percent of which are picked up by DWP.

Changes to the pension tier for new employees are projected to save the

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L.A. Observed

L.A. to S.F. in 30 minutes,Without Flying!

By Mark Lacter

It’s called a “cross between a Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table,” though for any fuller description, you’ll probably need a degree in physics. The billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X has provided details of his magical mystery hyperloop system that’s supposed

to travel at more than 700 miles per hour and gets folks to the Bay Area in half an hour. Musk said he felt compelled to develop a high-speed alternative to the California bullet train, which he considers a boondoggle that won’t even go all that fast (Elon Musk isn’t thrilled with the 405 construction project either).

One key feature is that the system would be elevated on columns 50 to 100 yards apart. That eliminates potential land issues and keeps down construction costs. Musk says the hyperloop could be built for $6 billion ($10 billion if you include space for cars), while the bullet train’s price tag, now estimated at $70 billion, could easily hit $100 billion. The tubes would leave L.A. and SF every 30 seconds and mostly follow I-5. As to how it would work - from Bloomberg:

Tell us about the basics of the design. You have pods, with skis on the bottom, zipping through tunnels put under low pressure. Why did you pick this design?

The pods will ride on air bearings. The pod produces air, and it’s pumped out of little holes on these skis. This is something that is used quite a bit in industry. You can move huge, heavy objects with very low friction, using air bearings. In the consumer sense, people would be familiar with air hockey tables, except in this case the air bearings are being generated by the pod itself, as opposed to the tube. You don’t want the tube to be expensive. Because the tube is so long, you want the expensive stuff to be in the pod.

* * *Some people said what you were proposing sounded impossible because it would require

too much energy to get something through a tube at such high speeds and long distances.There were guys questioning the energy that would be required to move the air and

the pod. They didn’t quite appreciate that it’s not the air that is moving the pod. The pod is accelerated to velocity by a linear accelerator, which is basically a rolled-out electric motor. The air in the pod is going maybe 200 to 300 miles an hour, and it is low-density. So some of these guys were thinking: ‘Oh, the air is sea-level density, and the air itself will be the thing that pushes the pod.’ But that is not the case. You do want to have a continuously circulating loop of air so that you are not losing energy by letting the air slow down. But it is more efficient to have the pod go faster than the air. If you just try to pump air--particularly at sea-level pressure--through what is effectively a 700 mile loop, the energy required would be extremely high if you wanted that air to go fast because of friction against the side walls of the tube.

How would the linear accelerator work that gets the pods going?It’s actually a linear electric motor. It’s a very basic thing. They have been around for

a very long time. The air skis in the pod would have a thin row of magnets--you don’t need much. The linear motor would electromagnetically accelerate the pod. It would be just below where the skis are. It just creates an electromagnetic pulse that travels along the tube and pushes the pod to that initial velocity of 800 miles per hour.

See what I mean? Bloomberg contacted Martin Simon, a professor of physics at UCLA, who said that the plan appeared feasible from a technological standpoint. But it’s bound to face all sorts of political and financial roadblocks, perhaps instigated by the folks who have lobbied hard for the bullet train.

L.A. ObservedTwo Jews Walk Into a

Catskills Hotel...By Ellen Alperstein

Knock knock. Who’s there? Jews from the Borscht Belt.

Jews from the Borscht Belt who? Jews from the Borscht Belt who can’t finish their story because technical difficulties at the screening recently at the Museum of Tolerance stopped “When Comedy Went to School” five minutes before the end. The tolerant audience was mostly gracious, but co-director Ron Frank was mortified. “That’s never happened,” Frank said in a telephone interview. The documentary, co-directed by Frank, a resident of L.A., and Mevlut Akkaya, a New Yorker, traces the lineage of standup comedy to New York’s Catskills Mountains where, from the 1930s through the 1960s, East Coast Jews vacationed, comedians refined their craft and busboys scored. It’s a fun film whose talking heads wrap immigrant history, ethnic identity and cultural change around a hot mike. The Borscht Belt is where funny people learned how to turn a sense of humor into a profession. “In those days,” Jerry Lewis says in the film, “comedians had some place to be bad.” Mickey Freeman was one of them. Asked to take his stage act to a hospital to entertain the patients, he obliged by “singing, dancing, telling my best stories. On the way out I said to the patient, ‘I hope you get better.’ “ he said to me, “ ‘You too.’ " Jewish humor, suggests narrator Robert Klein, is Isaac’s fault. As the son of Abraham and Sarah, his name, Klein says, means “he shall laugh.” Which is what his parents reportedly did when he was born. “Hey,” says Klein, “if you had your first kid at 100 and your wife was 90, you’d have to laugh too.” Jokes are in Jews’ genes, the product of the extreme experiences of pain and pleasure that forges the psychological skill to make fun of adversity. “People are standing in front of a German firing squad. One says, ‘Long live the homeland.’ ‘Shhh,’ says another. ‘Don’t make trouble.’ “ -- Mort Sahl * * * In the early 20th century, New York’s lower east side had a denser population than Calcutta does today -- there were 500 people per acre, and a pervasive sense of doom and gloom. “But what a fabulous new field for complaints, doubts and guilt,” Klein observes. “A triple ‘oy vey.’ “ As Jews climbed into the middle-class, they escaped the stress of city life to summer in the Catskills. Their common experience was fodder for Edward Israel Iskowitz, rebranded as Eddie Cantor; Nathan Birnbaum, reborn as George Burns; and orthodox Benjamin Kubelsky, who emerged as Jack Benny. The successful ones moved into the broader American entertainment landscape of network TV, where Danny Kaye (nee David Daniel Kaminsky), Sid Caesar and Woody Allen helped America become somewhat less culturally homogenous. Where Alan King was so big he gave a command performance for Queen Elizabeth. According to Frank, there is no record of Her Majesty’s reaction when, after greeting the comedian,”Hello, Mr. King,” he replied in kind: “Hello Mrs. Queen.” From Catskills’ mouth to Liz’s ears. “No Jew at that time ever went back to Europe [on vacation],” Jackie Mason explained, “because they just came from Europe ... and that’s where everybody got killed.” Deprivation and scarcity were American Jews’ history, and they continue to reside in the collective memory. Black-and-white footage depicts a young Woody Allen in front of a microphone, fingering his pocket watch. “An antique gold heirloom,” he muses. “My grandfather on his deathbed sold me this watch.” Every summer Jews poured into New York’s Ulster and Sullivan counties to fill 500-plus hotels, bungalows and rooming houses. Big and plenty was the antidote to scarcity, and here in the Borscht Belt -- the Sour Cream Sierras, the Right Stuffing -- more was more, for guest and entertainer alike. “Jewish parents feed their children certain kinds of foods to keep them from moving quick ... matzo balls.” -- Dick Shawn “Gentiles almost never went [to the Catskills],” Jackie Mason says, “They never heard of the place. Half of the Jews never saw a gentile. A gentile was something you saw in the movies. ... You saw Gary Cooper, you said, ‘That was a gentile.’ ... there’s no such thing as a 6-foot tall Jew.” His career change from rabbi to hotel social director provided Mason with material for his standup routine: “Gentiles are running, playing basketball, volleyball, handball, running back and forth... A Jew says, ‘You see a piece of cake here?’ “ Family life and gender relations were regular fare for the comedians -- well, the male comedians, anyway. And apart from Fanny Brice, Totie Fields and Joan Rivers, the comedians were male. “My wife can’t cook at all. In my backyard the flies chipped in to fix the screen door.” -- Rodney Dangerfield One of the talking head professors who clearly has the gene, remarks that, “Sex, according to my mother, is a very fine department store on Fifth Avenue.” “In my house I can’t relax. I told my kid, ‘Someday you’ll have children of your own.’ He said, ‘so will you.’ “ -- Rodney Dangerfield “This woman goes to a palm reader to have her palm read. The palm reader says, ‘Your husband will die a violent death.’ The woman says, ‘Will I be acquitted?’ “ -- Mickey Freeman Today, almost nothing is left of what, for 50 years, was the largest resort region in the U.S. Only one hotel remains, and, as Frank said, much of what’s left is rubble. What happened was time. The Woodstock music festival in Sullivan County signified the cultural change in America, and comedians like Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce, who were never popular in the Borscht Belt, took center stage

DWP $41 million over the next four years and $1.87 billion over the next 30 years. Settlement talks in a lawsuit over payment of pension costs allowed the city to broach the issue of DWP worker pension terms with IBEW.

The contract allows the City Council and mayor to weigh in on future changes to the pension tier, which are set by the Board of Water and Power that oversees the utility.

Starting salaries would also be reduced for 34 jobs, a move that, according to city officials, would save $15 million over four years and $196 million over 30 years.

With pay for DWP jobs typically higher than that of other city jobs, city leaders have for the last 18 months sought a way to close the salary disparity. That disparity has made it difficult for city departments to retain employees eager to transfer to the DWP’s better-paid workforce, officials said.

Unlike DWP workers, city workers already have agreed to furloughs and a delay of cost-of-living raises, while the police union has agreed to a 20 percent reduction to starting salaries for new employees.

The DWP is a city-owned utility but is funded through the rates paid by its electricity and water customers. Personnel costs make up more than 20 percent of the DWP’s budget.

DWP Pay May Return to Earth

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Wt seems as though there are warning signs wherever we turn. We see them on food labels warning us of possible allergens; on traffic signs cautioning us about adverse road conditions; and on most products

advising us against improper use. I once saw a sticker on a windshield visor that read, “Warning: Do not drive with sunshade in place!” Though we are inundated with warnings, the purpose of these warnings is for our protection—even the ones that seems like common sense.

In biblical times, God gave His people many warnings through His prophets. God sent the prophets because the rulers and people of Israel had been living in sin and disobedience. They became greedy and indulged in sexual immorality. They worshipped false gods and committed idolatry, which was a direct violation of the First and Second Commandment: 1.) You shall have no other gods before Me, and 2.) You shall not make a carved image and bow down to it and worship it.

God sent each of the prophets in the Old Testament to warn the people of the consequences of their sin. The Lord wanted to protect His people from these consequences—such as pain, sorrow, and invasion from foreign kingdoms—and to restore their relationship with Him. Despite God’s warnings and compassion, they continued to sin and turn away from Him, which led to their captivity and enslavement by the Egyptians, the Assyrians, and the Babylonians. Idol worship may seem like a thing of the past, but it’s still very prevalent today. Did you know that an idol is anything other than God that captures our heart, time, or commitment? Our idols today can be our career, money, entertainment, hobbies, sex, or relationships. They are the things we believe complete and define us. Yet God wants us to be defined by our love for and devotion to Him.

So how do you know if you have an idol in your life? Here are some questions you can ask yourself: What do I complain about the most? What do I spend the majority of my time and money on? What scares or worries me? Where do I go for comfort when I am hurting? What brings me the most joy? Whose affirmation do I long for? Perhaps you turn to food, alcohol, drugs, or

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pornography for comfort. Maybe you long for the affirmation of a loved one or spend most of your money on material things. Whatever you have placed your hope in—whatever consumes your thoughts—has probably become your idol. It has replaced God in your heart.

Now that you have determined whether or not you have an idol and have identified what it is, what can you do? You can start by asking the Lord to forgive you and to occupy first place in your life. God will not compete with anything else, for He alone is worthy of our devotion, honor, and praise. And when we give Him the rightful place in our heart, Psalm 29:11 says, “The Lord gives strength to his people; the Lord blesses his people with peace.”

Though God’s messengers mainly warned Israel about idol worship and future judgment if they did not repent, the prophets also spoke of a coming Savior who would rescue His people. This Savior is the Messiah—Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, God’s one and only Son. God loves us so much that His sent His son to die on the cross for our sins, bring us back to Him, and to make us whole (John 3:16). He created us and is more than able to provide everything we need. We don’t need to look to the things of this world. But it’s a choice. We can choose to sin and rebel by looking for satisfaction elsewhere, or we can choose to obey God and worship Him alone. Which choice will you make today?

Edited by Shauna Greco

Dudley Rutherford is the author of God Has an App for That (www.God-hasanapp.com) and the senior pastor of the 10,000-member Shepherd of the Hills Church in Porter Ranch (Los Angeles), California. Service times at Shep-herd are Saturdays at 5:00 and 6:30 pm and Sundays at 8:30, 10:00, and 11:30 am. You can find Dudley online at www.DudleyRutherford.com or on Twitter @pastordudley.

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Aprospective used car buyer usually has questions about a vehicle’s past mileage as wells as performance and repair history; but what about flood damage? Hurricanes and large storms can produce floods, which can cause irreparable

damage to any car or truck that has been partially or completely submerged in water. Flood water – especially salt water or water which may contain raw sewage – can quickly corrode a vehicle’s electrical and mechanical systems and could eventually render it nonfunctional. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) estimates that 230,000 vehicles were damaged as a result of Hurricane Sandy. Some of these vehicles were crushed and taken out of the stream of commerce, but others were retitled with a “clean title” and put back into the used-car market for resale. This process is called “title washing.” And unsuspecting consumers could potentially be purchasing these flood-damaged vehicles under false pretenses. Many states have strict regulations regarding the reselling of title-washed vehicles, but sometimes unscrupulous middlemen transport them to states where the laws are more lax.

Some Warning Signs of Vehicle Flood Damage Depending on state law, a car or truck labeled a total loss due to water damage by an insurance company may require the vehicle’s title status to be “branded” as “flood”. While the definition of a “flood” titled vehicle varies by state, a designation of “flood vehicle” on the title history report should alert future buyers to proceed with caution. Vehicle history reports are available (based on the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)) through many sources, including CARFAX®, AutoCheck®, VINCheck℠, and the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS), which is operated by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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U pon the news that Vin Scully would continue to narrate Dodgers games next season, Baseball Prospectus editor-in-chief Ben Lindbergh updated his research on how many players, managers and owners that Scully has seen pass through the Dodgers

organization. It makes a pretty neat graphic, but here are the key numbers. Since Scully was hired, 889 different players have played for the Dodgers — the latest being Brian Wilson, the ex-Giant with the long, thick black beard and rat-tail. There have been more relief pitchers, such as Wilson, than any other position: 288. They form the long tail of the curve. The research found 108 starting pitchers, 80 leftfielders and 69 catchers. How many of the 42 shortstops who have played for the Dodgers since 1950 can you name? The research also tallies up the off-field personnel who Scully has seen come and go. According to Lindbergh, Scully has worked with 18 other TV broadcasters, 11 Dodgers managers, 11 general managers and nine ownership groups. But there has been just the one Vin Scully. So if he gets a name wrong here and there, we understand.


Porter ranch Parents Vote With Their Feet for LAUSDSchool at Castlebay and PRCS was back in full swing on Tuesday, August 13 and

enrollment is up at both schools. Castlebay Lane Charter Elementary has grown from 720 students last year to 775 this year. In a “Coffee with the Principal” meet-

ing with Victoria Littlejohn, she noted that the District expected attendance this year would be 645 students and had provided teachers accordingly. Due to the influx of students, additional classrooms and teachers were prepared to greet students. New for this year is the opening of the Science Lab. The parent organization raised $26,000 combined with $20,000 of school funds to provide a teacher and outfit a classroom with experiment tables, stools, and equipment. The science teacher is credentialed and will prepare science labs sessions and co-teach them in the lab with the classroom teacher. Although students are already using the lab, Castlebay will celebrate the grand opening of the lab on Saturday, September 28 in conjunction with their ET movie night. Castlebay continues to provide art, music and computer lab instruction on a weekly basis funded by parent giving. Students may participate in optional after school enrichment classes which include orchestra and choir. The construction time table on the new 450 seat multi purpose room is still unknown, although four bungalows were removed to make way for the new building. However, the District moved quickly in the aftermath of Sandy Hook to increase the height of the fencing around the kinder yard last May. On the other side of Porter Ranch, the Porter Ranch Community School is also growing by leaps and bounds. Elementary school enrollment is at 670, up from 450 the year before. Middle school enrollment is at 250, up from 150 the year before. The addition of eighth grade this year accounts for much of the middle school increase. Coordinator Mindy Park attributes the overall increase to neighborhood parents pulling their students out of private schools and new families moving into the neighborhood. No additional enrollment lottery was conducted this year. The Korean Dual Language Program has attracted parents and now

is comprised of one class in kindergarten through fifth, with the exception of second grade which has two classes. In middle school, students continue the program with an elective in Korean Language and Culture. With the increase in middle school enrollment, two teachers have been added and more electives are being offered. Through parent giving, a computer lab will be opened this October, run by Computerwise Kids, who also runs the computer lab at Castlebay and 14 other schools. For more on Porter Ranch schools, see: http://www.prnc.org/2013. The Porter Ranch Neighborhood Council supports both schools and continues to work closely with their principals. The next PRNC meeting will include presentations on preparation for fire season and the proposed Hidden Creeks project. The meeting will be held Tuesday, September 10, 6pm at Shepherd of the Hills Church. See www.PRNC.org for more details.

Super 2013 Academic Performance Index (API) scores for our local schools:Balboa Gifted/High Ability Magnet, 981; Castlebay Lane Charter, 939; Porter

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The Los Angeles City Council asked city staff for an accounting of various obscure work rules that allowed Department of Water and Power workers to increase their take-home pay by an average of

16.6 percent above their base salaries.The motion, approved unanimously by the 15-member council, also

asks staff to develop a plan to rein in costs the work rules create.“This set of issues has enraged the people of Los Angeles, and

rightfully so,” according to Councilman Paul Krekorian, who introduced the motion with council members Felipe Fuentes and Mitch Englander.

“The fact that there are so many of these side agreements and work rules the people of Los Angeles are not even aware of, that this council has not even been aware of because they haven’t been brought to this council before, is an outrageous situation,” he said.

Fuentes, who chairs the Energy and Environment Committee that will hear the staff report in 30 days, said the motion calls for the creation of a “working group process ... to identify, categorize and ultimately begin to instruct the City Council, the Department of Water and Power and its commission on how to ... hopefully be more cost effective.”

Mayor Eric Garcetti criticized DWP work rules during recent labor negotiations with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 18, which represents 92 percent of the DWP workforce. The resulting labor agreement, which still needs to be ratified by the union, includes a provision that would keep the door open for renegotiating work rules over the course of the contract’s four-year term. * * *

Almost 60 percent of DWP workers are on track to take home more than $100,000 in pay by the end of the year thanks to hundreds of categories that allow for overtime, bonuses and other extra pay, according to an analysis by City Controller Ron Galperin, who created a searchable database of DWP and city employee earnings from January through June.

About 86 percent of DWP workers benefited from rules allowing for the extra earnings during the first six months of this year, and overall, DWP workers added an average of 16.6 percent in overtime, bonus and other additional pay to their base salaries, according to Galperin’s study. In contrast, fire and police employees added an average 9.2 percent to their base salaries during the first six months of the year, while the majority of civilian workers got an average of 1.2 percent in additional pay in the same stretch.

The motion approved by the council asks for a report “that identifies all relevant work rules, letter agreements between the DWP and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for review,” as well as a description of the process to “develop, implement and change” the work rules or arrangements.

The motion also instructs staff to look into the utility’s “current work practices and agreements that lead to high overtime rates, including overtime associated with the odd hour shifts and outsourcing premiums,” such as a requirement that DWP employees will perform 10 percent of overtime work before contractors could be called in.

Staff is also expected to create a way to “effectively benchmark the DWP’s performance and achieve operational efficiencies in its power, water and joint system operations,” according to the motion.


LA River –Where Are You?

T he Los Angeles City Council made the first big push for a major plan to restore an 11-mile stretch of the mostly concrete Los Angeles river back to its natural state.

Local river advocates and city leaders are urging officials in Washington, D.C., to sign off on a $1 billion plus restoration plan that is one of four being proposed in a study conducted by the Army Corps of Engineers and the city of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study is set to be released in September.

The Los Angeles River restoration effort was one of just seven in the nation picked to be part of the Urban Water federal Partnership, an urban waterway revitalization program launched under President Barack Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative.

The council voted 14-0 to back Alternative 20, which will tear up about two miles of concrete walls along the Glendale Narrows portion of the Los Angeles River. That portion of the river runs by Griffith Park and through Elysian Valley.

The plan backed by the City Council would connect the river to the Verdugo Wash, and to park areas like the Los Angeles State Historic Park, also known as the “Cornfields.” Additional connections include to Taylor Yard, the Arroyo Seco confluence and Piggyback Yard, a Union Pacific rail yard in downtown Los Angeles.

This plan is up against Alternative 13, a far less ambitious, and less expensive plan, that is a strong favorite, Los Angeles River advocates say.

Most of the 51-mile long Los Angeles River, which flows from the San Fernando Valley to the Pacific Ocean in Long Beach was paved and turned into a water channel during the first half of the last century, a process that destroyed much of the habitat for birds, amphibians, and numerous other wildlife and vegetation that frequented or lived in the area. Most of the river was closed off by concrete walls or made inhospitable for leisure activity.

The portion being studied for ecosystem restoration was one of the only areas where the riverbed remained unpaved.

Holy Smoke!

A city councilman said he wants Los Angeles to raise the legal age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21.

About 90 percent of life-long smokers start before they turn 21, and under-age high school students are more likely to get cigarettes from 18-year-olds than from 21-year-olds, according to a motion introduced by Councilman Paul Koretz.

“The social sources of cigarettes for young smokers are often individuals who are just over the legal age of 18, with a majority of those purchasing cigarettes for minors being between 18 to 20 years old,” the motion says.

If approved by the council, the motion would instruct the city attorney and the chief legislative analyst to draft an ordinance raising the legal purchasing age to 21 in the city.

No major city has passed such a law. The states of New York, New Jersey, Oklahoma and Texas are considering ordinances to set the legal age at 21. Needham, Mass., passed a so-called ``Tobacco to 21’’ law in 2005, and according to Koretz, the rate of smoking among the town’s high school students fell from 13 percent to 5.5 percent over a six-year period.

“It is important for Los Angeles to enact such a law, to reduce the number of young people who take up the habit of smoking, and the massive societal costs associated with addiction to tobacco,” according to the motion.

Koretz attempted to pass a statewide law in 2002 when he was a member of the Assembly. That bill was scuttled due to lobbying by the tobacco industry, according to Koretz’s office.

The motion, seconded by Councilman Mike Bonin, is expected to go before the City Council’s Arts, Parks, Health, Aging and River Committee and the Public Safety Committee.

Why, Even with aPension Crisis, LA Won’t

Tank Like DetroitBy Jack Humphreville

When Detroit filed for bankruptcy in July with its $18 billion in liabilities, many people predicted that Los Angeles was not far behind. But LA is not going to tank as our City’s dynamics are very different, at least

for the time being. Since 1950, Detroit’s population has decreased 63%, from 1,850,000 to less than 700,000 in 2012. Los Angeles, on the other hand, has seen its population increase as our diversified economy located on Pacific Rim continues to grow, although a much lower rate than in the past. Our annual income per capita of $28,000 is almost twice the $15,000 level in Detroit where over 36% of the population lives below the poverty line. This compares to an unhealthy 20% in LA. Detroit, with its 78,000 abandoned buildings and 66,000 blighted and vacant lots, has seen its revenues fall by 20% over the last five years. Unfortunately, its revenues are expected to decline by an additional 13% over the next four years while pension obligations will gobble up an unsupportable 44% of the budget, up from the current level of 20%. Detroit does not even have access to the $500 million that it needs over the next five years to repair its epidemic of urban blight. Meanwhile, in the City of Angels, our revenues have increased to record levels and are projected to grow by 13% over the next four years. But this does not mean that LA is out of the woods as our City is facing significant financial issues. LA is projecting a cumulative deficit of $800 million over the next four years if it is unable to renegotiate its contracts with its civilian unions.

* * * Our City is also cooking the books. It is not providing enough cash to meet the $25 to $30 billion that is needed over the next 10 to 15 years to finance the repair and maintenance of our streets, sidewalks, and the rest of our deteriorating infrastructure and to fully fund our seriously underfunded pension plans. These battles between bond holders and pension beneficiaries will be nasty, fought in the federal bankruptcy courts, state courts, and the State House, pitting bond holders, retired and active pension beneficiaries, public sector unions, local governments, and politicians against each other. In the meantime, borrowing costs for all municipalities with large unfunded pension liabilities will be significantly higher because of the increase in the perceived risk. As a result, our City’s finances will be under increased scrutiny by the rating agencies,

accounting firms, bond buyers, and its citizens, especially as the City has to slash services to fund its operating deficits caused by continued increases in salaries, benefits, and pension contributions. So now is the time for the City Council and Mayor Garcetti to face reality. The City needs to LIVE WITHIN ITS MEANS so that it can avoid insolvency or a virtual bankruptcy where it has to slash core services such as public safety to the bone. This will require the City to develop and adhere to a Five Year Financial Plan, pass two year balanced budgets based on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and over the next 10 to 15 years, fix our streets and the rest of our infrastructure and fully fund our pension plans.

LA is not Detroit, at least not yet. But Angelenos need to remind our Elected Elite that we expect them to act in a fiscally responsible manner that does not jeopardize our City, its financial health, and its ability to provide core services to its citizens.


e’s not that much older than Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones who still struts his stuff on stage, but even

though 83-year-old Norman “Normie” Molesko doesn’t dance like a chicken, he has his own moves, albeit, not quite as electrifying. However, he can sing too, so his audiences always receive a lot of satisfaction that way too. Norman, who lives in Northridge, Calif., with his wife Sylvia, has been swaying the minds of his steadily growing followers for nearly 15 years with lyrics that don’t shatter eardrums. His soothing inspirational poetry about the importance of people developing and maintaining self-esteem as they enter

their mature years has turned many lives around. He likes to refer to himself as “LA’s Young Oldie Senior Poet.” Although he won’t divulge where he discovered the Fountain of Youth, this much is certain, his enthusiasm and energy are never in short supply. And neither are awards, acclaim and invitations for encore performances. Norman has written more than 1,200 short, sweet and to the point poems that have the dynamic power to heal. His mission is to inspire older audiences to approach life with a sense of renewal. (See Norman perform on the You Tube channels http://youtu.be/nn5wYA2m3ew and http://www.youtube.com/TheNormieShow/). He’s quite the conversationalist too, a sage quote machine.

* * * It doesn’t matter whether it’s a library, senior center, college classroom, a parks and recreation meeting room, KPFK radio, posting videos on You Tube or blogs, Norman goes all out in fulfilling his purpose in life: to get the word out about not looking back and moving forward. And Norman has been getting the word out since 1999, when he began his collection of poems that include the recent Ongoing and Positive, Time Traveler, Time Races Along, An Exchange between Young and Old, Cherished Moments, Treasures and many, many more. “My mission is to activate the listener’s mind, for him or her to experience one’s identity and feel a sense of enrichment,” said Norman. “Poetry groups throughout Los Angeles can provide individuals with a means of releasing and expressing the sunshine within. Poetry is a tool to honor the past, to motivate and vitalize oneself right now in the present, and to imagine and invent a bright future with hope and appreciation.” Norman’s admirers include the California San Fernando Valley Retired Teachers Association, which designated him Poet Laureate and this newspare, the Valley Voice, which named him Resident Poet. He has also served on the Los Angeles Department of Aging Council and the list of recognition and affiliations go on and on. To arrange an interview with Norman, please contact Gary Wosk at (818) 983-7125 or [email protected].

Another reminder of Why the LAT’s Future is So Bleak

By Mark Lacter

Another quarter, another drop in revenue for the company’s publishing unit, which includes the Los Angeles Times and is in the process of being spun off into corporate purgatory. For the April-June quarter the overall decline was 4 percent compared with a year earlier, to $470

million. But check out the categories: Retail advertising (supermarkets, department stores and such) down 8 percent, national advertising (banks, cell phones) down 8 percent, pre-print ads down 2 percent, classified down 5 percent. Circulation revenue eked out a $3 million gain, helped along by online subscriptions.

Meanwhile, operating expenses fell 14 percent, in part because staffing levels have been reduced. So in summary they have less money coming in and fewer resources to produce the product. Is it any surprise that valuations for newspaper properties are so low? Tribune says that its spinoff won’t be complete until the middle of next year, so it’s conceivable that somebody might come along between now and then with an offer that the company can’t refuse. But the issue goes beyond price - any sale would involve all sorts of tax complications and would not include the most valuable parts of the publishing portfolio, such as real estate. Such a deal, eh?

There’s also some question as to the consequences of the split - specifically, whether a sale would be allowable for a certain period following the spinoff’s completion. That could delay any ownership change for another few years. One other possibility that’s not gotten much attention: Another bankruptcy filing, with the remaining assets from the spinoff to be auctioned off to goodness knows who. The Tribune situation was one of the topics during this week’s Business Update on KPCC:

Steve Julian: Speaking of companies, does anyone want to buy the L.A. Times? Mark Lacter: The answer is yes - most recently, the controlling owner of the Dodgers, Mark

Walter, said he was interested in both the Times and the Chicago Tribune (though there’s no way to know whether there are actual discussions taking place). But what was thought would be a straightforward auction process has turned very complicated. It’s now to the point where the Tribune board has decided spin off the papers into a separate business, and that process could preclude any sale at least into next year and maybe longer.

Julian: So, it’s Limbo-land for the Times for who knows how long.Lacter: Steve, it’s not that Tribune really wants to keep the newspapers. But, selling them off

presents huge tax problems. Also, there are assets that the potential buyers thought would be part of the package - assets that include real estate - that Tribune wants to hold onto. So, what’s left to sell are just the newspapers themselves, and frankly, they’re among the least valuable properties.

Julian: Now, last week came word that the billionaire Koch brothers, who were believed to be interested in the Tribune properties, decided not to pursue a deal...

Lacter: ...that’s right, they don’t consider the Times or the other dailies to be economically viable. But for the L.A. Times, it’s really the worst of all worlds: no new owner and no vision for recasting the paper, at least in the near term.

OOEY ON AGE BASHING Old geezer, old timer, old fogey, old fart, some young folks say. Some of us older chaps may call those who are younger a kid, a junior. In any case, the old and the young can feel picked upon, angry, upset. Slang words should not matter. It’s just idle chatter, just pitter-patter. The old and the young should frown upon intentionally trying to put someone down. © Norman Molesko, 2013

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Four Loko BeverageCleveland High School

Students Fight“Blackout in a Can”

By Haeeun Blessing Jee, Valley Voice Reporter

F our Loko is a beverage containing either 6 percent or 12 percent alcohol (depending on state regulations), and a large shot of caffeine, equivalent to the amount of caffeine in a tall Starbucks coffee. This combination makes the beverage deadlier

than most other alcoholic drinks. Drinkers get drunk and high but because the caffeine shields the effects of the alcohol, they are unaware of their state and drink more to feel that intoxication “buzz” in the end. Not only is Four Loko under investigation because of health concerns, but Cleveland students are questioning the advertisement intentions and methods used by Phusion Project LLC, the company that produces Four Loko. “Four Loko is marketing by the graphics that they use and the proximity that they sell their products. [Targeting] kids of color, [Four Loko will] use graffiti style labeling that is attractive to the youth. These products are sold heavily in populations of folks of color. You won’t find these products in Beverly Hills,” said Fluke Fluker, a co-founder of Village Nation. “And it’s cheap and it’s attractive for our kids to drink.” Senior Desirae Duncan, co-president of BSU, added her own thoughts on this dilemma. “If you go to a store and you see a can with something you can relate to on it - the graffiti - you become interested in the product. The containers make alcohol even more attractive to the already enquiring young adults. “Four Loko is like ‘alcohol for kids,’” she said.

* * * An anonymous Cleveland junior believes that the flavor of Four Loko is what really makes teens prefer this beverage over other alcoholic drinks, like beer. “With Four Loko, it’s like drinking a juice! And you don’t taste the alcohol. The aftertaste is fruity – it’s awesome!” he exclaimed. “The thing is, you don’t feel drunk. What happens is, out of nowhere, it’ll just hit you, you’re [expletive] up, you’re done.” “You can drink half a can, you’ll feel a buzz. You finish that [one can and] you don’t even know you’re drunk. You’re just gone,” he said. Assistant Principal Shanna Sarris said the speaking out Four Loko is a good idea. “I think any type of movement from the students’ perspective is always the best thing because students listen to students more than they necessarily listen to adults preaching to them about something,” she said. But instead of limiting the target audience to people of color, she believes that it should be widened to include all socio-economically impoverished people. Dean Rolando Young also believes that saying Four Loko specifically focuses on people of color would be jumping to conclusions. “The way [Phusion Projects] markets their product is geared towards young people. You have to remember that Cleveland is like a mini-city. So whatever is going on outside, outside our walls, it’s happening here,” Young said.

* * * Would it be safe to say that Four Loko has increased teen alcohol consumption at Cleveland? The previously-stated anonymous junior claims that it has. “Definitely. Here at Cleveland? Especially,” he said. “I have friends that drink. The other day, this kid was [passed out] on the bench [after drinking Four Loko].” “This year, we have had a few incidents where kids came to school intoxicated. They did make us aware that they had drunk the Four Loko. However, they have also been helpful in letting us know that there are a lot of stores out there that are just selling it to minors, without carding them,” Sarris said. The Land reflects what is going on across the country, the increasing consumption of drinks containing both caffeine and alcohol. The state of Michigan has completely banned the sale and consumption of Four Loko in its state. Ramapo College in New Jersey, Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, and the University of Rhode Island have banned Four Loko and other similar alcoholic beverages containing caffeine. Other colleges are quickly following suit as they realize the disaster Four Loko is causing on campuses, including students requiring hospitalization.

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YES ON BALLOT MEASURE JBy Jack Humphreville

A Yes Vote on Measure J is a no brainer. It is what Corporate America has been doing for generations. So let’s welcome City Hall and our Department of Water and Power to the late Twentieth Century.

Here’s the ballot language on Measure J: “Shall the Charter be amended to (a) require the Department of Water and Power for informational purposes to submit to the City Council by March 31 each year a preliminary budget for the ensuing fiscal year ( July 1 through June 30), to be updated by May 31 with new information, and (b) establish procedures for making surplus transfers from the Power Revenue Fund to the City Reserve Fund?”

Measure J, if passed, will require the DWP to submit its preliminary budget for the year beginning on July 1 to the City Council for informational purposes b y March 31, about three weeks prior to the release of City’s budget. An update will be due on May 31.

Measure J, if passed, will also require that DWP Board of Commissioners notify the City Council and the Mayor of the status of the 8% Power Transfer Fee by December 31, and if the transfer cannot be made in full, to document why the 8% Power Transfer Fee cannot be made in full.

DWP and its Ratepayers are the largest single source of cash for the City’s General Fund. The City Utility Tax and the not so transparent 8% Power Transfer Fee are projected to contribute $315 million (7.2%) and $257 million (5.9%) to the City’s General Fund, a total of $573 million (13.1%) of the General Fund’s revenues.

* * * However, there are two troubling issues with Measure J.

The first is that the ballot measure is not written in “Plain English” (as recommended by the Securities & Exchange Commission, Arthur Levitt, and Warren Buffett), so that the Ratepayers and voters are buried in legalistic, bureaucratic and charter mumbo jumbo which requires a special decoder ring. It also allows our political elites to play word games when they want to change the rules.

The second issue is that Measure J does not reform DWP’s lax accounting policies that rely on the controversial standards developed by the Government Accounting Standards Board rather than the more rigorous standards that are applicable to publicly held companies like Southern California Edison and Pacific Gas & Electric.

One major difference is that DWP would be required to carry its unfunded pension liability on its balance sheet. This liability would also be determined by using the market values of the pension plan’s assets (not the actuarial value that allows “smoothing” and “market value corridors”) and an Investment Rate Assumption that is more consistent with reality.

In DWP’s case, the advertised liability of $1.6 billion would increase to $2.6 billion based on market values, and that liability would increase to over $3.5 billion based on a lower Investment Rate Assumption. This would imply a funded ratio of less than 65%. Any liability would also include the liabilities associated with post retirement medical benefits.

Of course, Measure J may be an academic exercise if the 8% Power Transfer Fee is determined to be subject to a popular vote pursuant to Proposition 26 that was adopted on November 2 by the California voters. According to the Los Angeles Times, this matter is being studied by the City’s lawyers.

In the meantime, Vote Yes on Measure J. - City Watch

Members questioned the District’s readiness for this change with supplies, maintenance, etc. and were also concerned about the difficulty parents would have making adjustments to childcare or changing vacation plans on such short notice.

To get the word out to many parents who were not aware of the calendar change, UTLA members handed out flyers to parents in January urging them to call the School Board if they were opposed to the Early Start calendar.

UTLA and LAUSD will now establish a working group to study the Early Start Calendar and its impact on instruction, with an eye towards implementation in 2012-13. A calendar committee will meet as soon as possible to determine the school start date for 2011-12.

LAUSD PostponesEarly Start Calendar


Square Dance The Farmers & Charmers Square Dance Club has had such a good response with their first two Barn Dances that they are extending the instructions in easy Square Dance and Line Dance from 7 to 8:30pm at the Pierce College Farm Center each Friday through Sept. 20th. They added a couple of new callers to give you the experience of different styles of calling. All are welcome, no experience necessary. Bring your friends and enjoy the dancing, fresh fruit and vegetables and attractions. There are vendors and gourmet food trucks and a free movie on the lawn (bring a blanket). See them on Meet-up: http://www.meetup.com/Learn-to-Square-Dance-in-Northridge/ or visit the Pierce College Farm Center Facebook page

Prayer Breakfast You are invited to join us on Sunday, September 8, 12:15 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. for an “Inter-Faith Prayer Breakfast- Brunch” at Porter Valley Country Club, 19216 Singing Hills Drive in Northridge. Please RSVP by September 3. For more information, please call the Unity Church of Chatsworth at 818-914-1955, email: [email protected] or visit www.unityofchatsworth.org.

What Ever Happened To Moby Dick? This fall, the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Public Library invite you to discover or rediscover the great literary masterpiece, Moby Dick, through the lens of the modern and equally mythical Southern California state of mind. The Granada Hills Branch Library is participating in this program with an informative and fun week of activities about whales. For more information, call 818 368-5687.

Northridge West Are you tired of: Increased city fees? Illegal street racing? Dirty and bumpy streets? Unlicensed boarding homes? Non-existent code enforcement? Dog poop? Illegal billboards & signs? Dying vegetation? If you want to help stop the non-sense, please join us at the Northridge West Neighborhood Council. Northridge West boundaries are from Reseda to Corbin and from Nordhoff to just below the 118 Freeway. Please go to www.northridgewest.org and come meet us at our next meeting, September 10 at Northridge Christian Church, 18901 Chatsworth Street in Northridge.

Bingo Raise’$ for CharitiesThe public is invited on Wednesday, September 11th from 6:15pm - 9:00pm for an evening of Bingo. The Chatsworth FUN-raisers get together on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at Straw Hat Pizza, 21515 Devonshire St. in Chatsworth (located in Ralph’s parking lot) for a fun evening of Bingo while they raise money for worthy causes. $20 donation per person buys 12 games. Pizza, sandwiches, salad bar, beer & wine are available for purchase. Dinner is at 6:15 followed by Bingo at 7:15 pm. Receive an extra Bingo card or a free gift for yourself with each friend you bring. Call Annie to reserve your seats: 818-882-6437.

Texas Hold’em and Blackjack Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce will be holding its Annual Fundraiser and is inviting our community members here in Council District 12. On Saturday, September 14, 5:30 pm – 10:00 pm, they will have the tournament fundraiser at VFW Post 2323, 17552 Chatsworth Street in Granada Hills. All proceeds go to the Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce. For more information, call the Granada Hills Chamber of Commerce at (818)368-3235.

Neighborhood Computer Group For Disaster Preparedness Month, The Users Group Network (TUGNET), a computer and technology users group for all levels of skill, will feature a presentation on Tuesday, September 17, 7:00 pm at Granada Pavilion, 11128 Balboa Blvd. This presentation on disaster preparedness from the L.A. Fire Department will focus on the Valley area. Included will be online resources and notifications. For more information, visit http://tugnet.org or call (818) 249-1629.

Bunco NightThe public is invited on Wednesday, September 18th, from 6:15pm - 9:00pm for a fun evening of Bunco at SanSai Japanese Grill (next to Applebee’s), located at the corner of Winnetka & Prairie, 9243 Winnetka Ave in Chatsworth. The entry fee is $10 per person to play. Dinner is at 6:15 pm followed by Bunco at 7:15 pm. Call Annie to reserve your seats: 818-882-6437.

Oakridge Estate The first meeting of the Oakridge Estate Local Volunteer Neighborhood Oversight Committee will meet on Thursday, September 19 at 2:00 pm at the Northridge Recreation Center located at 18300 Lemarsh Street. The role of the LVNOC is to provide feedback on a $1.3 million Proposition K grant secured to make improvements to the property and open it to the community as a park. The Oakridge Estate was designed by noted architect Paul R.

Williams and was built in 1937 for Barbara Stanwyck. It was later the home of actor Jack Oakie in an era when many stars lived in ranches in the San Fernando Valley. If you are interested in attending this meeting or for more information please contact our District Director Megan Cottier at (818) 882-1212 or [email protected].

Used Book Sale The Friends of the Granada Hills Library will host a two-day used book sale on Friday, September 20, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM; and Saturday, September 21, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. The sale will take place indoors in the library’s community room. A variety of books and DVDs will be available at prices ranging from 25 cents to one dollar. A fine assortment of children’s books will be available both days. The Granada Hills Library is located at 10640 Petit Ave. in Granada Hills. The library phone number is 818-368-5687.

Devonshire PALS 40th Come celebrate PALS 40th Birthday on Saturday, September 28, 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm at the Greig Smith LAPD Devonshire Youth Center, 8721 Wilbur Ave. in Northridge. Join us for food, fun and live music as the friends of PALS past and present gather together for the birthday celebration of the year. LAPD Devonshire PALS is dedicated to developing character in youth, reducing juvenile crime and creating safer communities. Tickets will be sold at $60.00 per person.

One At Bat: Adam Greenberg Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Adam Greenberg share his story of perseverance and resilience. Join us Sunday, October 6 from 5 pm to 8 pm at Temple Ahavat Shalom, 18200 Rinaldi Place, Northridge for a screening of the short film “One At Bat” chronicling Adam’s effort to return to major league baseball following one pitch that changed his life. Following the film, Adam will share his personal journey and answer questions. After the presentation, enjoy dinner, shop sports memorabilia and meet Adam as he signs autographs. Enter the raffle for a chance to win an iPad or one of many other great prizes. Temple Ahavat Shalom’s phone number is 818-360-2258.

Support Your Local PoliceJoin Supporters of Law Enforcement (S.O.L.I.D.) at its 18th annual All You Can Eat Pasta Dinner fundraiser on Friday, October 18, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at St. Nicholas Greek Church, 9501 Balboa Boulevard, Northridge in the ballroom located on Plummer Street. SOLIDS’s fundraising goal is to raise funds to upgrade the Devonshire Area station’s 40 year old break room. Through contributions from the community and Neighborhood Councils, SOLID has raised thousands of dollars to purchase “non city” supplied equipment for law enforcement in Devonshire, recently completing the roll call room. Tickets for the dinner fundraiser are $9.00 per person; children 3 and younger eat free. Tickets can be purchased at door. Free child identification provided by the Hollywood Masonic Lodge #355.

Seniors’ Meals

RestoredThe Los Angeles City Council approved a

resolution urging an end to federal cuts that could leave seniors without meals

and nutrition services.An across-the-board budget cut under the

federal government’s sequestration program left the Los Angeles Department of Aging short of about $1.6 million in federal funding earlier this year, threatening dining center and home-delivered meals for thousands of seniors in Los Angeles.

City officials eventually found temporary funds in Los Angeles’ budget to continue its meals program, but Councilman Paul Koretz, who introduced the resolution in May, said the federal money should be restored “because that’s what our seniors and this nation deserve.”

Under the resolution, the city went on record in support of any legislation that would restore federal funding provided under the 1965 Older American Act, including SB 1028, authored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, that seeks to re-authorize the act through 2017-18.


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District Serves New Breakfast & Lunch Items Created by Students

Students have their fellow classmates to thank for the new menu items at Los Ange-les Unified School District’s (LAUSD). Driven by the District’s mission to engage students in the menu development process, LAUSD rolled out new breakfast and

lunch items that are conceived, created and inspired by students. “We value the contributions of our students because they are who we serve,” says David Binkle, director of Food Services at LAUSD. “The more involved they are, the more we can deliver dishes that not only look and taste good to students but also meet USDA guidelines.”A breakfast item and a lunch meal, created by students, will be served at all 800 LAUSD cafeterias. They will be rotated into the menu cycle every four weeks. Research shows that students who eat nutritious meals in school earn higher test scores and tend to make healthier food choices throughout the day. The second largest school district in the country, LAUSD serves more than 650,000 meals daily that meet rigorous school nutrition guidelines. Since 2011, LAUSD has offered generous portions of fresh vegetables, fruits, dairy products and whole grains that are sourced locally, the majority within 200 miles of the District. More recently, it has been using sustainable, organic wheat from a California farm that practices water conversation, habitat preservation and air quality management and workers rights as supported by the Good Food Procurement Resolution that passed last year. LAUSD has also reduced salt, added sugars, fats, and oils, as well as eliminated artificial additives in all its school meals. To check out the students’ recipes, visit www.iminlausd.com.

Social Security HodgepodgeBy Tom Margenau

I normally like to confine my columns to one particular Social Security topic. But today, we’ve got a hodgepodge of questions dealing with a variety of Social Secu-rity issues. Here it goes.

Q: In a recent column, you said you could explain any Social Security law. Well, can you give me the rationale behind this rule? If I delay taking Part B Medicare until sometime past age 65, I am charged an extra 10 percent premium penalty for each year I didn’t have Part B, and I have to pay that penalty for the rest of my life. Can you explain why that is? It seems like highway robbery to me! A: It’s an incentive to get people to take Medicare at 65, and not wait until they need it. That’s the way any insurance works. For example, if you were to delay buy-ing life insurance until you were 80 years old and in ill health, you are going to pay a much higher premium than if you took out that life insurance policy at a younger age when you were fit as a fiddle. Likewise, if you delay buying Part B Medicare until you are older and sicker, than you are going to pay a higher premium for that, too. Q: You passed along some good advice in a recent column you wrote about women who are married to jerks. But you did make one mistake. You told a 62-year-old woman whose philandering 62-year-old husband was going to wait until 70 to claim benefits, thus forcing her to also wait until 70 to get spousal benefits on his record, to divorce the guy. You told her by doing so, she could get benefits “right away.” But as a 25-year employee with the Social Security Administration, I can tell you that the rules say there is a two-year waiting period after the divorce before she can get benefits. A: Thanks for picking up on my mistake! The lady should still “dump his sorry butt” as I suggested in the column. If she remains married to him, she won’t get any spousal benefits until age 70. But if she divorces him, she will be able to start draw-ing those benefits at age 64.

Two Jews Walk Into a Catskills Hotel...with their edgy political humor as restless America moved into the 1970s. By the 1980s the Catskills were over. “Nixon’s the kind of guy who, if you were drowning 20 feet from the shore, would throw you a 15-foot rope. Kissinger would say he met you more than halfway.” -- Mort Sahl That’s sad. But this film isn’t, so maybe the techno-interruptus of our screening was kismet. The screening audience was deprived of the post-mortem comments, but left the theater smiling.You can see the whole story starting at some Laemmle Theatres.


The Granada Hills Little League Major Softball

girls made it to Western Region to represent Southern California. They are the first District 40 team to ever get this far, and the first team from Granada Hills Little League to get this far since the the baseball team in 1963 that won the Little League World Series. Their amazing journey included

winning the District Title, Section Title, Divisional Title and the “unofficial State Championship” against Northern California. They made it as far as the Championship game at Western Region, where they met their match against Arizona. They may not have won it, but the journey was incredible. Team members were (Left to RIght) Natalie McCarty, Julie Guzman, Caitlyn Pineda, Vivian Jimenez, Lexus Freire, Macayla Williams, Lauren Lau, Rebecca Gurrola. Bottom: Malia Risdall, Ashley Murphy. Manager: Jennifer Murphy Coaches: Marci Guzman, Michael Murphy.


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Arena Blvd

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909.433.5303

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Ocean Gate Ave.

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405

Home Depot

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714.363.9900

Savi Ranch Pkwy.

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91

Yorba Linda B

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Talbert Ave. COSTCO

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id S

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Newhope S

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5

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Northridge, CA 91324-2503818.717.1740

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Plummer St.

Winnetka St.

Tampa St.

Reseda Blvd.

Nordhoff St.

118 118

101101



Laguna Hills, CA 92653949.461.0829

El Toro Rd

El To

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Ave De La Carlota

Laguna Hills Mall

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Golden Triangle Rd

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14

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Folsom, CA 95630



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Green Vally Rd

San Juan Rd

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909.433.5303

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14

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argo

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15



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ate Ave.

Ocean Gate Ave.

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EastRosecrans

Exit

WestRosecrans

Exit

Hindry A

ve.

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405

Home Depot

Best Buy

405



714.363.9900

Savi Ranch Pkwy.

NEXT TOCOSTCO

91

Yorba Linda B

lvd.



714.549.3200

Talbert Ave. COSTCO

Eucl

id S

t.

Newhope S

t.

405



Burbank, CA 91502818.840.5620

E Cyp

ress

Ave

.

W Burbank

Blvd.

San Fernando

Blvd

N Front St.

5

5



Long Beach, CA 90808 562.766.2050

605




605



Northridge, CA 91324-2503818.717.1740

NorthridgeMall

Plummer St.

Winnetka St.

Tampa St.

Reseda Blvd.

Nordhoff St.

118 118

101101



Laguna Hills, CA 92653949.461.0829

El Toro Rd

El To

ro R

d

Ave De La Carlota

Laguna Hills Mall

5

5

Don Jose




Carl Boyer D

r

Soledad Canyon Rd

Golden Triangle Rd

McKeon Way


Golden Valley Rd


14

NOW OPEN

626.938.1480




10

Citr

us S

t

Barr

anca

St

Workman St

Eastland Center Dr

805.981.0284



Oxnard, CA 93036

10

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Mon

te V

ista

Ave

Cent

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ve



Montclair, CA 91763909.625.4420


Folsom, CA 95630



Mid-November


50

80

80




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I-215

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Mt. Vernon Drive



760.202.3052

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Bob

Hop

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on Blvd


Palmdale, CA 93551661.225.9410

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.

Ashley Drive

14

14



760.261.5386

Bear Valley Road


15



310.349.2083

Ocean G

ate Ave.

Ocean Gate Ave.

W. Rosecrans Ave.

Hindry A

ve.

E. Rosecrans Ave.

405

405



714.363.9900

Savi Ranch Pkwy.

NEXT TOCOSTCO

91

Yorba Linda B

lvd.



714.549.3200

Talbert Ave. COSTCO

Eucl

id S

t.

Newhope S

t.

405



Burbank, CA 91502818.840.5620

E Cyp

ress

Ave

.

W Burbank

Blvd.

San Fernando

Blvd

N Front St.

5

5



Long Beach, CA 90808 562.766.2050






Northridge, CA 91324-2503818.717.1740

101101



Laguna Hills, CA 92653949.461.0829

El Toro Rd

El To

ro R

d

Ave De La Carlota

Laguna Hills Mall

5

5




Soledad Canyon Rd

Golden Valley Rd

14

NOW OPEN

626.938.1480




10

Citr

us S

t

Barr

anca

St

Workman St

805.981.0284



Oxnard, CA 93036

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Moreno Street

Mon

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ista

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Cent

ral A

ve



Montclair, CA 91763909.625.4420


Folsom, CA 95630



Mid-November


50

80

80




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310.836.1433

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10

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Palmdale, CA 93551661.225.9410

14

14



760.261.5386



310.349.2083



714.363.9900

91



714.549.3200

405



Burbank, CA 91502818.840.5620



Long Beach, CA 90808 562.766.2050




Northridge, CA 91324-2503818.717.1740

101101



Laguna Hills, CA 92653949.461.0829




NOW OPEN

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West Covina, CA 91791805.981.0284



Oxnard, CA 93036

MontclairPlaza

Moreno Street

Mon

te V

ista

Ave

Cent

ral A

ve



Montclair, CA 91763909.625.4420


Folsom, CA 95630



Mid-November


W Layton Ave

50 Lincoln Hwy

E Bidwell St

Lincoln Hwy

dR h

tuos

Green Vally Rd

San Juan Rd

80

80

West Side H

wy

dR l

exur

T

Truxel Rd

Arena Blvd

N Market Blvd




909.433.5303

E. Cooley Drive

I-10

I-215

Ashley Way

Mt. Vernon Drive



760.202.3052

Dinah Shore Dr

Gerald Ford Dr

35thMon

tere

y A

ve

Gat

eway

Dr

Bob

Hop

e D

r

10



310.836.1433

Venice Boulevard

Nno

ita

a lB

luo

evard

Helm

’s Avenue

10


on Blvd


Palmdale, CA 93551661.225.9410

Rancho Vista/Ave P

10th St.W

.

Ashley Drive

14

14



760.261.5386

Am

argo

sa R

oad

Bear Valley Road


15



310.349.2083

Ocean G

ate Ave.

Ocean Gate Ave.

W. Rosecrans Ave.

EastRosecrans

Exit

WestRosecrans

Exit

Hindry A

ve.

E. Rosecrans Ave.

405

Home Depot

Best Buy

405



714.363.9900

Savi Ranch Pkwy.

NEXT TOCOSTCO

91

Yorba Linda B

lvd.



714.549.3200

Talbert Ave. COSTCO

Eucl

id S

t.

Newhope S

t.

405



Burbank, CA 91502818.840.5620

E Cyp

ress

Ave

.

W Burbank

Blvd.

San Fernando

Blvd

N Front St.

5

5



Long Beach, CA 90808 562.766.2050

605




605



Northridge, CA 91324-2503818.717.1740

NorthridgeMall

Plummer St.

Winnetka St.

Tampa St.

Reseda Blvd.

Nordhoff St.

118 118

101101



Laguna Hills, CA 92653949.461.0829

El Toro Rd

El To

ro R

d

Ave De La Carlota

Laguna Hills Mall

5

5

Don Jose




Carl Boyer D

r

Soledad Canyon Rd

Golden Triangle Rd

McKeon Way


Golden Valley Rd


14

NOW OPEN

626.938.1480




10

Citr

us S

t

Barr

anca

St

Workman St

805.981.0284



Oxnard, CA 93036

10

MontclairPlaza

Moreno Street

Mon

te V

ista

Ave

Cent

ral A

ve



Montclair, CA 91763909.625.4420


Folsom, CA 95630



Mid-November


W Layton Ave

50 Lincoln Hwy

E Bidwell St

Lincoln Hwy

dR h

tuos

Green Vally Rd

San Juan Rd

80

80

West Side H

wy

dR l

exur

T

Truxel Rd

Arena Blvd

N Market Blvd




909.433.5303

E. Cooley Drive

I-10

I-215

Ashley Way

AshleyDistribution

Center

Mt. Vernon Drive



760.202.3052

Dinah Shore Dr

Gerald Ford Dr

35thMon

tere

y A

ve

Gat

eway

Dr

Bob

Hop

e D

r

10



310.836.1433

Venice Boulevard

Nno

ita

a lB

luo

evard

Helm

’s Avenue

10


on Blvd


Palmdale, CA 93551661.225.9410

Rancho Vista/Ave P

10th St.W

.

Ashley Drive

14

14



760.261.5386

Am

argo

sa R

oad

Bear Valley Road


15



310.349.2083

Ocean G

ate Ave.

Ocean Gate Ave.

W. Rosecrans Ave.

EastRosecrans

Exit

WestRosecrans

Exit

Hindry A

ve.

E. Rosecrans Ave.

405

Home Depot

Best Buy

405



714.363.9900

Savi Ranch Pkwy.

NEXT TOCOSTCO

91

Yorba Linda B

lvd.



714.549.3200

Talbert Ave. COSTCO

Eucl

id S

t.

Newhope S

t.

405



Burbank, CA 91502818.840.5620

E Cyp

ress

Ave

.

W Burbank

Blvd.

San Fernando

Blvd

N Front St.

5

5



Long Beach, CA 90808 562.766.2050

605




605



Northridge, CA 91324-2503818.717.1740

NorthridgeMall

Plummer St.

Winnetka St.

Tampa St.

Reseda Blvd.

Nordhoff St.

118 118

101101



Laguna Hills, CA 92653949.461.0829

El Toro Rd

El To

ro R

d

Ave De La Carlota

Laguna Hills Mall

5

5

Don Jose




Carl Boyer D

r

Soledad Canyon Rd

Golden Triangle Rd

McKeon Way


Golden Valley Rd


14

NOW OPEN

626.938.1480




10

Citr

us S

t

Barr

anca

St

Workman St

Eastland Center Dr

805.981.0284



Oxnard, CA 93036

10

MontclairPlaza

Moreno Street

Mon

te V

ista

Ave

Cent

ral A

ve



Montclair, CA 91763909.625.4420

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